Adult Moccasins
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Item's Choctaw Name: Shulush Shohala
Item's English Name: Moccasin
Age: early 1900s?
Material: braintan deer hide, cloth, ribbon, thread
Dimensions: Length = 26.0 cm Width = 10.95 cm Thickness of Cuff = 14.60 cm
Origin: Atoka County, OK
Current Owner: Atoka Confederate War Museum
Location: Atoka, OK
Contact: (405) 521-2491
Notes - This moccasin came from the Folsom family in Atoka County. Based on its large size and low-cut style, it was probably made for a man. The main material is smoked, braintan deer hide, scraped on a beam.
With the use of ribbon work, thread, and scissors, this represents a later style of Choctaw traditional moccasin.
It appears to cover up a fine seam bringing the moccasin together along the instep. A simple, running whip stitch brings the heal together. Ribbon work stitches are directly onto and through the cuffs of the moccasins. Most of the sewing is done with a dark-colored thread. One stitch on the ribbon work appears to be with a different, light-colored thread. The beadwork on the instep was sewn directly onto the leather, using the lazy-stitch technique. |
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